History and tlaxilacalli -- The rise of tlaxilacalli, ca. 1272-1454 -- Acolhua imperialisms, ca. 1420s-1583 -- Community and change -- In Cuauhtepoztlan tlaxilacalli, ca. 1544-1575 -- Tlaxilacalli religions, 1537-1587 -- Tlaxilacalli ascendant, 1562-1613 -- Communities reborn, 1581-1692 -- Conclusion : tlaxilacalli and barrio
Summary
"Systematically analyzing tlaxilacalli history over four centuries, beginning with their rise at the dawn of the Aztec empire through their transformation into "pueblos" of mid-colonial New Spain. Before the Aztecs rise, commoners in pre-Hispanic central Mexico set the groundwork for a new style of imperial expansion"--Provided by publisher